Keker & Van Nest patent litigator Quyen Ta represents companies like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company in big-dollar litigation. Ta is a lead partner defending TSMC at the ITC, where Tela Innovations accuses it of infringing patents on cell libraries and seeks an import ban. Ta also represents TSMC in its trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract countersuit. But she’s most proud of co-founding the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California’s public interest fellowship. She and co-founders Andrew Vu and Thanh Ngo raise $50,000 each year to launch the career of a young public interest lawyer. “I began my legal career through a public interest fellowship and am grateful for the doors of opportunity that first legal job opened,” Ta says.
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